Stovepipe-fastener.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT E. GORDON, OF KIONA, WASHINGTON.

STOVEPIPE-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

Application filed February 28, 1911. Serial No. 611,466.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT E. GORDON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kiona, in the county of Benton and State of Washington, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stovepipe-Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved stove pipe fastener, and has foran object to provide a support or truss for pipes of considerable lengthwhich does not depend upon wires or other members hanging from a ceilingor the like, but which is directly applied to the pipe itself.

The invention further designs to provide a device which is light inweight, one which may be quickly and easily applied to stove pipesvarying in size, and a device which may be economically produced so asto pro vide a support of this character which may be generally used andone which is of great practical efficiency.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference isto be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved fastener or support asapplied to a stove pipe; Fig. 2 is a detail enlarged perspective view ofone of the clamping sleeves employed in connection with the support;Fig. 3 is a detail enlarged perspective view of one end of one of thecompression bars; Fig. 4 is a detail enlarged perspective view of oneend of the brace wire; and, Fig. -5 is a detail view of the inner end ofthe brace rod.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the samereference characters.

Referring to the drawing, and for the purpose of illustration, thenumerals 10, 11 and 12 designate three sections of a stove pipe. Theouter end of the section 12 is provided with an elbow 13 coupled to adepending pipe section 14. The inner section 10 is suitably connected toa chimney 15.

The improved support comprises a pair of inner split collars 16 spacedupon the section 11 midway of its ends. Each of the collars 16 is formedof a strip of metal encircling the pipe section and provided withoutturned registering flanges 17, the same being apertured, as at 18.Clamping bolts 19 pass through the apertures 18 and carry binding nuts20 for drawing the flanges 17 together. The opposite longitudinal edgesof the collars 16 are crimped or fluted, as at 20, to insure the bindingof the collars about the pipe sections. Compression rods 21 convergedown from the inner opposite bolts19 of the collars 16. Each rod 21comprises a relatively thin rounded bar flattened at its ends to formwebs 22 which are apertured, and through which engage the centralportions of the bolts 19. The lower adjacent ends of the compressionrods 21 are hingedly secured by bolts 23 between the upwardly extendingears of the connecting loop 24.

The inner section 10 carries a split collar 25 constructed similar tothe collar 16, and being located adjacent to the chimney 15. An eye-bolt26 is carried in the outer face ofthe chimney 15 and supports the innerend 27 of a brace rod 28 which is looped down to provide an eye for thereception of the adjacent clamping bolt 19 of the collar 25. The bracerod 28 extends diagonally down from the collar 25 beneath the sections10 and 11 and passes through the lower end of the connecting loop 24.The brace rod 25 extends up from the connecting loop 24 and is formedinto a hook engaging with a turnbuckle 29.

The pipe sections 12 and 14 are provided with collars 30 and 31respectively disposed at the opposite ends of the elbow 13. The cornerbrace wire 32 is looped through the bolts 19 of the collars 30 and 31and is overturned and twisted at one end to slidably receive the offsetend of the brace wire 32, forming a noose the free end of which isformed into an eye receiving the adjacent hooked end of the brace rod28. The end 27 of the brace rod 28 is the only portion of the supportwhich is secured otherwise than upon the pipe sections, the end 27serving to hold the section 10 against the chimney 15.

It is readily seen from the foregoing that when the brace rod 28 istightenedby the turnbuckle 29 it draws the connecting loop 24 up andforces the compression rods 21 against the collars 16. In this mannerthe central pipe section 11 is held up between the pipe sections 10 and12, and all strain incident to the weight of the pipe sections is takenofi their interfitting ends.

It is of course understood that the collars may be increased in number,and may be positioned farther apart to accommodate the improved supportto stove pipes varying in length and angles.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A support for stove pipes comprising spaced intermediate collars,converging compression rods depending from the collars, a conecting loopcarried upon the lower meeting ends of the compression rods, outercollars spaced longitudinally from the intermediate collars, and anadjustable brace rod secured at its ends to the outer collars andslidably mounted in the connecting loop. 2. A support of the characterdescribed, comprising adjustable spaced inner collars adapted to bemounted upon stove pipe sections, hinged compression rods depending fromthe collars, a loop hingedly connecting the lower ends of thecompression rods, adjustable spaced outer collars adapted to be mountedupon sections of the stove pipe, and an adjustable brace connected tothe outer collars and slidably mounted in the loop.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT E. GORDON. [L. s.] Witnesses W. A. KELso, G. N. HUGHES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

